Putte Kock
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| Putte Kock | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rudolf Kock | |
| Date of birth | 29 June 1901 | |
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Date of death | 31 October 1979 (aged 78) | |
| Place of death | Sweden | |
| Playing position | Left wing (football) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| AIK | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| -1925 -1925 |
AIK Fotboll AIK Hockey |
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| National team | ||
| 1919-1925 | Sweden | 37 (12) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1932-1934 1943-1956 |
Djurgården Sweden (As chairman of the Selection Committe) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1924 Paris | Team Competition | |
Rudolf "Putte" Kock (June 29, 1901 – October 31, 1979) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics[1][2] as a football player, being voted the World's best left winger after the tournament[3]. He also made two caps for the Swedish icehockey team.
After having to end his career prematurely due to a knee injury, he worked as a football coach, coaching AIK's rivals Djurgården and being the equivalent of national coach (at the Swedish international football selection committee, Uttagningskommittén) between 1943 and 1956. Together with George Raynor he qualified Sweden for the 1948 Summer Olympics where they won gold, the 1950 FIFA World Cup (bronze) and the 1952 Summer Olympics (bronze).
After his coaching career Kock became a very famous and well liked sports commentator on Swedish television.
[edit] References
- ^ Olympics database
- ^ Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ SFS (Swedish football historians and statisticians)
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